10ft10ft Shipping Containers
The side passage is narrow, the council setback leaves you nothing to play with, or all you need is somewhere lockable for a mower, a compressor and a rack of tools.
Used from$4,350
New from$6,400
Ipswich, QLD
Shipping containers Ipswich
Ipswich is one of the few places we can call genuinely short-haul, because the yard is forty minutes west of you up the Warrego rather than the other side of a capital city. That shows up in how fast we can get a truck to you and in what the cartage is worth. What it does not change is the ground and the water, and Ipswich has strong opinions about both.
- Delivered from
- our own yard in the Lockyer Valley, about forty minutes west up the Warrego
- Typical lead time
- Often next business day, and usually inside two
- Usual truck
- Tilt-tray for 10ft and 20ft; crane truck for 40ft and for tight older streets
Every enquiry answered within one business day.You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day.
What we tell people who ring from here.
What locals buy them for
Around Ipswich we deliver containers for storage while a Woodend or Sadliers Crossing queenslander gets restumped and reclad, dry lock-up on the new estates at Ripley, Springfield and Redbank Plains where the shed has not been built yet, trade and plant storage across the Carole Park and Wulkuraka industrial land, hay and gear storage on the small holdings out through Rosewood, Marburg and Grandchester, and a secure box to get contents up off the ground and out of a shed that has been through it before.
What the delivery actually involves
The single most useful thing to know about an Ipswich delivery is which part of Ipswich. The newer growth corridor — Springfield Lakes, Ripley, Deebing Heights, South Ripley — is estate country. The streets are narrow by design, cars park both sides, the kerb line is punctuated with stormwater grates and service pits that will not carry a loaded rigid truck's rear axle, and the culs-de-sac have turning circles sized for a garbage truck rather than a tilt-tray with six metres hanging off the back. The other thing about new estates is fill. A block cut and filled eighteen months ago has not settled, the turf is thin over it, and a container corner will find the soft spot for you. The old town is the opposite problem. Woodend, Sadliers Crossing, Eastern Heights and North Ipswich have short pitched driveways, big camphor laurels and figs, low service lines and side gates set out for a wheelbarrow. Plenty of those blocks are perfectly deliverable but need a crane truck rather than a tilt, and that is worth knowing before you order rather than on the morning. Then there is ground. West and south of the river through Rosewood, Marburg, Amberley and Willowbank you get heavy clay that is like concrete in October and like grease in February. On the flats along the Bremer and the Brisbane the soil is silt and old alluvium, which behaves the same way. There are also old coal workings under parts of the district, which is not usually a delivery issue but is worth mentioning to us if your block has known subsidence — we would rather place the container on the firmest part of the site than the most convenient one.
Grade moves the price more than size does, and it is what decides whether a unit is sold watertight — the full rundown is on the grades page.
The range
Containers we deliver to Ipswich
Guide prices in AUD, ex GST. Delivery is quoted with the container.
10ft
20ft20ft Shipping Containers
You have about seven metres of straight, reasonably level ground to put it on and you would rather not find out in six months that you should have gone bigger.
Used from$2,200
New from$3,300
40ft40ft Shipping Containers
You have the room, the access is genuinely open, and you want the most storage per dollar available anywhere.
Used from$2,600
New from$5,500
Ipswich
Forty minutes down the Warrego
Most container sellers quoting an Ipswich job are working out of a depot on the far side of Brisbane, which means the truck runs the Ipswich Motorway both ways and you pay for the whole trip in one form or another. Our yard is at Forest Hill, between Gatton and Laidley, and the run down the Warrego to Ipswich is short, flat and free of city traffic. Practically that means we can often get a container to you the next business day, we can be flexible if the weather pushes a booking, and if you want to come and look at the actual unit first the drive is forty minutes rather than a day out. Ring before you come so somebody is there to walk you round the yard. It also means a second trip is not a disaster. If a delivery has to be pulled at the last minute because a driveway has gone soft, or the container needs to come back and be swapped for a different grade, that is a short run for us rather than a full day's cartage across the city — which is exactly the sort of thing that makes a supplier flexible or inflexible when something goes wrong.
On the ground
What 2011 and 2022 taught people about placement
Ipswich floods, and everybody here knows the levels better than any website could tell them. What matters for a container is simple and worth being blunt about: height above the flood line is what protects what is inside it. The container itself is not a flood barrier. Water that reaches the door sill will get past the seals, and an empty container is a very large sealed box that will float and move if the water gets deep enough. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling you something they should not be.
So the useful conversation is about siting. Put it on the highest practical part of the block, not the flattest. Keep it clear of the overland flow path, because in the 2022 event a lot of damage came from water running across blocks rather than from the river backing up. If it is going to be a long-term store on low ground, talk to us about setting it up on blocks or a raised pad so the floor sits higher and the underside stays dry and ventilated. And if you are storing something genuinely irreplaceable, height is worth more than any other single decision you will make about it.
Worth knowing
Clay, and what the container sits on
Reactive clay is the standing feature of the Ipswich district and it moves through the year. It takes up water in summer and swells, then gives it back through winter and shrinks away, and it does not do either evenly across a block. A container placed directly on soil in the dry will settle and rack as that goes on underneath it, and a racked container is a container whose doors stop closing properly. The frame is designed to carry its load through the four corner castings, so once those four points stop being at the same height the whole box starts working against itself. That is the most common complaint we hear about a badly placed unit anywhere in south-east Queensland, it costs nothing to prevent, and it is very expensive to argue with afterwards.
Four hardwood sleepers or concrete pads under the corner castings, checked level in both directions, solves almost all of it. Keep the underside clear so air moves and water does not sit. Get the doors on the high side if the ground has any fall, because a container that settles slightly toward the door end goes from easy to open to a two-person job. We will do that levelling as part of the delivery where the site allows it — tell us at the quote if the ground is soft or sloping and we will bring the timber with us.
What delivery to Ipswich costs
Cartage is worked out per address rather than off a table. Distance is only part of it — access is usually what moves the figure.
Ring us, tell us what is going in it and what the access is like, and we will tell you which grade and which truck the job needs before anyone talks money.
Also delivered nearby
We also deliver to Springfield, Ripley, Rosewood, Karalee, Goodna and the surrounding district. If your town is not on the list, ring — it almost certainly still works.
Common questions
Buying a container in Ipswich
Is a shipping container safe to use for storage on a flood-prone Ipswich block?
It is a good store, but not because it resists floodwater — it does not. Water that reaches the door sill gets past the seals, and an empty container will float and move if it gets deep enough. What protects your contents is height. Site it on the highest usable part of the block rather than the flattest, keep it out of the overland flow path, and consider setting it on blocks or a raised pad so the floor sits well clear of the ground. Do that and it is a genuinely good long-term store; treat it as a barrier and you will be disappointed at the worst possible moment.
How quickly can you deliver a container to Ipswich?
Faster than most, because our yard is at Forest Hill in the Lockyer Valley, roughly forty minutes west of Ipswich on the Warrego rather than on the far side of Brisbane. Next business day happens regularly on a standard 20ft with clear access. What slows it down is a crane booking, wet weather on clay where a day's wait beats a bogged truck, or a unit that needs a lockbox or a vent fitted before it goes. Tell us your date at the enquiry — a settlement, a site start, a removalist already booked — and we will build the run around it rather than telling you afterwards that it did not fit.
Can a truck get into a new estate street at Ripley or Springfield?
Usually yes, with a bit of planning. The constraints are consistent across those estates: narrow carriageways with cars parked both sides, service pits and stormwater grates right on the kerb line that will not take a loaded rear axle, and turning circles that are tight for a rigid with a tilt bed. Clearing the parked cars in front of the block for an hour makes the difference on most of them. Send a photo up the street and one of the kerb crossing and we will tell you what we need.
Can I inspect a container before buying it from Ipswich?
Yes, and it is an easy trip. The yard is at 24 Forest Hill Fernvale Rd, Forest Hill, just off the Warrego between Gatton and Laidley, with the containers standing on hardstand where you can open the doors and look at the floor. Ring first so the unit you are interested in is accessible and somebody is there to show you through. If the drive does not suit, ask and we will send photos of the actual unit on request before delivery.
Get a price
Get a price for your address
We deliver to Ipswich and the surrounding district. Tell us what is going in it and what the access is like, and you will get a price with the cartage worked out. Every enquiry answered within one business day.
Or skip the form and ring us — 0477 410 500, Mon–Fri 7:30am–5pm, Sat 8am–12pm